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THE MOTORPAGES.COM Awarded PHH Multi-Million Dollar Auction

27 April 2000

Autoco.com, Inc./THE MOTORPAGES.COM Awarded PHH (an Avis Company) Multi-Million Dollar Equipment Auction 
    MINNEAPOLIS, April 27 The Motorpages.com
(Autoco.com, Inc.) (OTC Bulletin Board: AOOO) (http://www.themotorpages.com) today
announced that its subsidiary, GTA Auctions and Liquidations Inc. has
finalized a multi-million dollar contract with PHH (an Avis Company) to
auction heavy equipment, trucks, buses and other vehicles valued at
approximately $4 million.
    "We believe the PHH equipment auction coupled with the pipeline auction
has the potential to be the largest in Nova Scotia," explained
TheMotorPages.com CEO, Max Wandinger.  "This new alliance with PHH, will
significantly increase the value of the auction and will draw a larger and
more diversified audience."
    The contract with PHH, in addition to the auction contract to sell all new
and used excess equipment and related products from the recently completed
mainline Gold Boro, Nova Scotia/Maine pipeline further establishes the
Company's position in auction markets across North America.
    A preliminary list of these new products will be available to be viewed on
the new web site developed by The Motorpages.com at http://www.pipelineauction.com.
    GTA Auctions and Liquidations Inc. has firmly established itself as the
largest public auto auction company in Ontario, Canada.  With established
contracts with the City of Toronto, Nova Scotia/Maine pipeline contract and
PHH, GTA anticipates operating results for its current fiscal year to exceed
previous projections.
    The Motorpages.com, (Autoco.com, Inc., http://www.themotorpages.com) is focused
on providing innovative Internet solutions to the automotive industry's
emerging requirements for online vehicle sales, auctions, services and parts
through a network of strategically positioned subsidiaries.
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